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DEEP KJV WORD STUDY

Afraid

Begin with the exact English word as it appears in the King James Bible. Follow its whole-Bible usage, book distribution, related indexed forms, Webster 1828, every occurrence, and the occurrence-specific Hebrew/Aramaic/Greek mappings behind it.

193exact KJV occurrences 158Old Testament 35New Testament 42books containing the word 27mapped Strong's IDs 191occurrence-specific Strong's links
FIRST OCCURRENCE

Genesis 3:10

And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.

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LAST OCCURRENCE

2 Peter 2:10

But chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise government. Presumptuous are they, selfwilled, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignities.

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KJV DISTRIBUTION

Where afraid appears.

This is exact English-word usage from the canonical KJV token index, not a Strong's estimate.

ORIGINAL-LANGUAGE MAP

Which Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek words stand behind this KJV word?

These relationships come from exact verse + token-position mappings. We do not assume that one English spelling always equals one Strong's number. A single English token can also carry more than one source tag, so the Strong's-link total can exceed the number of English occurrences.

HebrewH3372
יָרֵא

yârêʼ · yaw-ray'

78 times translated as this KJV form313 total Strong's occurrences

v

to fear; morally to revere; causatively to frighten

Strong's KJV usage: affright, be (make) afraid, dread(-ful), (put in) fear(-ful, -fully, -ing), (be had in) reverence(-end), × see, terrible (act, -ness, thing).

Strong's first: Genesis 3:10Strong's last: Habakkuk 3:2

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HebrewH1481
גּוּר

gûwr · goor

6 times translated as this KJV form98 total Strong's occurrences

v

properly, to turn aside from the road (for a lodging or any other purpose), i.e. sojourn (as a guest); also to shrink, fear (as in a strange place); also to gather for hostility (as afraid)

Strong's KJV usage: abide, assemble, be afraid, dwell, fear, gather (together), inhabitant, remain, sojourn, stand in awe, (be) stranger, × surely.

Strong's first: Numbers 22:3Strong's last: Job 41:25

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HebrewH2865
חָתַת

châthath · khaw-thath'

6 times translated as this KJV form54 total Strong's occurrences

v

properly, to prostrate; hence, to break down, either (literally) by violence, or (figuratively) by confusion and fear

Strong's KJV usage: abolish, affright, be (make) afraid, amaze, beat down, discourage, (cause to) dismay, go down, scare, terrify.

Strong's first: Isaiah 20:5Strong's last: Malachi 2:5

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HebrewH926
בָּהַל

bâhal · baw-hal'

3 times translated as this KJV form39 total Strong's occurrences

v

to tremble inwardly (or palpitate), i.e. (figuratively) be (causative, make) (suddenly) alarmed or agitated; by implication to hasten anxiously

Strong's KJV usage: be (make) affrighted (afraid, amazed, dismayed, rash), (be, get, make) haste(-n, -y, -ily), (give) speedy(-ily), thrust out, trouble, vex.

Strong's first: Job 21:6Strong's last: Isaiah 13:8

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GreekG1630
ἔκφοβος

ékphobos · ek'-fob-os

1 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences

frightened out of one's wits

Strong's KJV usage: :-- sore afraid, exceedingly fear.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Mark 9:6Strong's last: Mark 9:6

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HebrewH2119
זָחַל

zâchal · zaw-khal'

1 times translated as this KJV form3 total Strong's occurrences

v

to crawl; by implication, to fear

Strong's KJV usage: be afraid, serpent, worm.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Job 32:6Strong's last: Job 32:6

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HebrewH2342
חוּל

chûwl · khool

1 times translated as this KJV form61 total Strong's occurrences

v

properly, to twist or whirl (in a circular or spiral manner), i.e. (specifically) to dance, to writhe in pain (especially of parturition) or fear; figuratively, to wait, to pervert

Strong's KJV usage: bear, (make to) bring forth, (make to) calve, dance, drive away, fall grievously (with pain), fear, form, great, grieve, (be) grievous, hope, look, make, be in pain, be much (sore) pained, rest, shake, shapen, (be) sorrow(-ful), stay, tarry, travail (with pain), tremble, trust, wait carefully (patiently), be wounded.

Strong's first: Psalms 77:16Strong's last: Psalms 77:16

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HebrewH2727
חָרַג

chârag · khaw-rag'

1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences

v

properly, to leap suddenly, i.e. (by implication) to be dismayed

Strong's KJV usage: be afraid.

Strong's first: Psalms 18:45Strong's last: Psalms 18:45

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EVERY OCCURRENCE

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14 occurrences match the current filters. Each row keeps its exact KJV token position so Original Word and TSK remain occurrence-specific.

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1 Samuel 4:7
H3372

And the Philistines were afraid, for they said, God is come into the camp. And they said, Woe unto us! for there hath not been such a thing heretofore.

1 Samuel 7:7
H3372

And when the Philistines heard that the children of Israel were gathered together to Mizpeh, the lords of the Philistines went up against Israel. And when the children of Israel heard it, they were afraid of the Philistines.

1 Samuel 17:11
H3372

When Saul and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine, they were dismayed, and greatly afraid.

1 Samuel 17:24
H3372

And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him, and were sore afraid.

1 Samuel 18:12
H3372

And Saul was afraid of David, because the LORD was with him, and was departed from Saul.

1 Samuel 18:15
H1481

Wherefore when Saul saw that he behaved himself very wisely, he was afraid of him.

1 Samuel 18:29
H3372

And Saul was yet the more afraid of David; and Saul became David's enemy continually.

1 Samuel 21:1
H2729

Then came David to Nob to Ahimelech the priest: and Ahimelech was afraid at the meeting of David, and said unto him, Why art thou alone, and no man with thee?

1 Samuel 21:12
H3372

And David laid up these words in his heart, and was sore afraid of Achish the king of Gath.

1 Samuel 23:3
H3373

And David's men said unto him, Behold, we be afraid here in Judah: how much more then if we come to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?

1 Samuel 28:5
H3372

And when Saul saw the host of the Philistines, he was afraid, and his heart greatly trembled.

1 Samuel 28:13
H3372

And the king said unto her, Be not afraid: for what sawest thou? And the woman said unto Saul, I saw gods ascending out of the earth.

1 Samuel 28:20
H3372

Then Saul fell straightway all along on the earth, and was sore afraid, because of the words of Samuel: and there was no strength in him; for he had eaten no bread all the day, nor all the night.

1 Samuel 31:4
H3372

Then said Saul unto his armourbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and abuse me. But his armourbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. Therefore Saul took a sword, and fell upon it.

WEBSTER’S 1828

English meaning and historical usage.

Dictionary data is kept visibly separate from Scripture and from lexical Strong's data.

afraid

AFRA'ID, adjective [The participle of affray.]

Impressed with fear or apprehension; fearful. This word expresses a less degree of fear than terrified or frightened. It is followed by of before the object of fear; as, to be afraid of death.

Joseph was afraid to sin against God.

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.

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